Improvement in hats



A. A. RICHARDSON.

Hat.

N0,164,036 Patentedlune1,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ARTHUR A. RIGHARDSON, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSAOHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,036, dated June 1,1875; application filed March 20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. RICHARD- soN, of Leominster, in the countyof Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Hats, of which the following is a description asfull, clear, and exact as I am at this time able to give, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation, showinga hat provided with my attachment; and Fig. 2, an isometricalperspective view of the attachment detached from the hat.

Like letters indicate corresponding parts in the different figures ofthe drawing.

My invention relates to means for cooling the head of the wearer, ormaintaining an even and cool temperature within the body of the hat inhot weather and consists in a hat provided with a device for holding asponge or similar" substance saturated with water, as hereinafter morefully set forth and claimed, by which a more effective article of thischaracter is produced than is now in ordinary use.

It is well known that in hot weather sunstrokes are of frequentoccurrence, arising generally from overheating the head. My improvementis designed to obviate this class of accidents, as well as to serveother important purposes, as will be readily understood by allconversant with such matters from the following description:

In the drawing, B represents the hat, and A the holder, consisting of athin annular metallic plate, provided with the radial points 1) aroundits periphery, and with the points or lugs 0 near its center, the pointsbeing preferably struck up from, or made integral with, the body. Anordinary sponge, D, is secured in the holder by means of the points b,which are bent down over it, as shown in Fig. 2, and the holder isattached to the inner side of the crown of the hat by means of thepoints 0, these points passing through small perforations made in thecrown or lining for that purpose, and being bent down or clinched, asshown in Fig. 1.

The sponge is designed to be saturated with water, the evaporation ofwhich will tend to keep the head cool and maintain an even temperaturein the hat. A sponge arranged in this manner is also serviceable inevaporating medicated solutions to prevent diseases or cure affectionsof the head.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is As a new article ofmanufacture, the holder A, provided with the points I) c, and carryingthe sponge D, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ARTHUR A. RICHARDSON. [L. s.]

Witnesses: D. E. TRUE, [L. s.] E. F. BLODGETT. [L. s.]

